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The Eminem Show
The Eminem Show
Studio album by Eminem
Part of the Curtain Call series
Released May 28, 2002
Recorded 2001 – 2002
Genre Hip-Hop, Pop rap
Length 1:17:26
Label Aftermath Entertainment
Producer Eminem, Jeff Bass, Dr. Dre, DJ Head, Mr. Porter
Stream Apple Music, Spotify, SoundCloud
Eminem chronology
Marshall Mathers LP-0 The Eminem Show 8-mile-soundtrack
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Cover art for singles from The Eminem Show
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The Eminem Show is the fourth studio album by Eminem, released on June 4, 2002. It was the best-selling album of 2002 with sales of 7.6 million copies. At the Grammy Awards of 2003 it was nominated for Album of the Year and became Eminem's third LP in four years to win the award for Best Rap Album. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling approximately 284,000 units in its first week, which due to a premature release by retailers and street-date violations, counted only a day and a half of sales. The album sold 1,322,000 copies the following week, where it registered a full week of sales. The album topped the Billboard 200 for five consecutive weeks. The album has gone on to sell over ten million copies and on March 7, 2011, it was certified ten-times-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, making it Eminem's first album to receive a Diamond certification in the United States. In 2003, the album was ranked #317 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and was later ranked at #84 on the same magazine's best albums of the 2000s decade. The album received critical praise by most music critics and is often debated as Eminem's most personal and best work. Eminem himself acknowledged during an interview with MTV that was recorded on May 25, 2002, that he felt that The Eminem Show was his "best record so far". The Eminem Show was Eminem's first album to be mainly self-produced.

On May 31, 2017, the cassette version of the album was reissued in honor of the 15th Anniversary of the album. The cassette also came with a poster and a t-shirt.

Singles[]

  1. Without Me (released 8 April 2002)
  2. Cleanin' Out My Closet (released 17 May 2002)
  3. Superman (feat. Dina Rae) (released January 27, 2003 in U.S only)
  4. Sing for the Moment (released February 25, 2003)
  5. Business (released July 22, 2003, not released in the United States)

Track List[]

No. Title Length
1. Curtains Up (Skit)   0:30
2. White America   5:25
3. Business   4:12
4. Cleanin' Out My Closet   4:58
5. Square Dance   5:24
6. The Kiss (Skit)   1:16
7. Soldier   3:46
8. Say Goodbye Hollywood   4:33
9. Drips (feat. Obie Trice)   4:46
10. Without Me   4:50
11. Paul Rosenberg (Skit)   0:23
12. Sing for the Moment (feat. Aerosmith)   5:40
13. Superman (feat. Dina Rae)   5:50
14. Hailie's Song   5:21
15. Steve Berman (Skit)   0:33
16. When The Music Stops (feat. D12)   4:29
17. Say What You Say (feat. Dr. Dre)   5:10
18. 'Till I Collapse (feat. Nate Dogg)   4:58
19. My Dad's Gone Crazy (feat. Haile Jade)   4:27
20. Curtains Close (Skit)   1:02
Total length:
1:17:33
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